As many New Mexico public schools choose not to extend their school years, teachers in Alamogordo with decades of experience say for a longer year to make sense, districts should first give students ...

Many families don’t have the financial resources necessary to fill their children’s summers with enriching camps and travel experiences that augment lessons learned in school. An extended school year ...

Community members are welcome to attend a workshop conducted by the Auburn Enlarged City School District regarding the Extended Learning Time grant under consideration for the Auburn Junior High ...

As a middle school art teacher in our public schools, I want you to know that most teachers and parents in Santa Fe oppose extended learning time legislation. This would mandate a longer school year — ...

As districts work toward helping students catch up, a handful of strategies have emerged as popular best practices—intensive tutoring, summer programs, and after-school opportunities among them. But ...

AUBURN | How to accommodate an additional 90 minutes into the Auburn Junior High School school day was on the minds of district stakeholders Tuesday. Parents, teachers and school administrators ...

Los Angeles teachers union members have voted to boycott the first of four optional, extra learning days for students, saying the district plans “simply feign support for students,” the union ...

As most kids headed back to school this August, they found others had never left. More children are in school year-round, or before- and after-hours, or get shorter summer breaks. Forty-nine states ...

As districts move to address gaps in students’ learning post-pandemic, an often-overlooked approach is adding more time to the school day or academic year, sometimes known as “extended learning time.” ...

Jul. 22—Education officials and state lawmakers are calling for an overhaul of how programs that build extra classroom time into the school year operate, following revelations of low participation ...

Extended learning time in before- and after-school programs is critical for low-income students, but too often those activities aren't connected to what students learn during the regular school day.